-delete every interesting and unique location from the world
-delete 80% of the spells
-ignore all side quests
-combat mechanics are fine, skyrim has health sponge enemies too
-install a mod that randomly breaks your gear
-install the shittiest waifu mod you can find and call her Zelda
There, it's exactly like BOTW.
I wanna play BOTW but I dont have a switch. Luckily I have a copy of Skyrim. How can I make it play more like Zelda?
Angel White
Caleb Reed
>skyrim has mountains, forests, steppes, swamps
Yeah, and all those are pointless and uninteresting places with no real purpose or character. They are just stereotypical approximations of IRL places with no gameplay reasons. The world of Skyrim is absolutely tiny, restrictive and boring compared to the previous TES games maps; especially that of the Daggerfall, which even INCLUDES the Skyrim.
Meanwhile, BotW has all of that, and more, such as two different types of mountains and alleys, volcanic areas, a rainforest section, tropical island, a wetland section, a mini-Japan area, a scorching desert ... etc. All with their distinct visual style, atmosphere, changing weather conditions, flora and fauna, and so on.
>all dungeons are unique too
Do I have to dig out the oldass comparison of the dungeon maps of new and old TES games? You literally move through complete corridors in Skyrim, with all of the "interaction" with the sections being mostly limited to the anemic swinging of your melee weapon / throwing a spell or two.
Jordan Cook
To call LoZ an open world game is frankly an insult because that implies that its design philosophy is at all comparable to modern open world games. Spoiler alert: it's not. Go actually play it.
Aiden Bailey
>To call LoZ an open world game is frankly an insult
Please explain.
>that implies that its design philosophy is at all comparable to modern open world games
>"please use MY definition of the term, because otherwise I have no arguments!! :("
Well, if your modern idea of an "open world game" is an all linear game that just has a huge landmass separating you from your obligatory points A and B, both which you need to cover in a set order...
then yes, LoZ is completely different, since it lets you go anywhere you want, and demands that you figure things out on your own.
>Go actually play it.
I played it for the first time well over a decade before most of the nu-Yea Forums was even born.
I literally replayed in the GC's Zelda Collection back in 2011.